by KYW's Pat Loeb
We've heard a lot about the closing of the Spectrum in South Philadelphia next month, but you may not realize that Wednesday is the anniversary of its opening.
The arena opened its doors on September 30, 1967. Its first show was a star-studded jazz festival.
"I was 19 years old, I came up from Atlantic City to this brand new place we knew nothing about."
Local jazz enthusiast Ben Johnson had never been in a venue so large when he went to the Spectrum on its first night for the Quaker City Jazz Festival:
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